Disliking

Such a thing as disliking fish because they have bones - that just can't be a reason for disliking them.

You say that you're afraid of being disliked by other people, but you have some people that you dislike yourself, don't you? Arithmetically speaking, there are an equal number of people who you don't like that don't like you back. I'm not saying that if you end your dislike of someone, someone else will stop disliking you as well; it's just that you can't change the fact that if you dislike someone, then someone else dislikes you as well. Your life will go much smoother if you just give up and accept that truth.

How do you cope with so many people disliking you?

Now Mennad has more people disliking him.

You say you're afraid of being disliked by other people, but you yourself have a certain number of people you dislike, right? Arithmetically, there are an equal number of people you dislike who dislike you. I'm not saying that if you stop disliking someone, someone else will stop disliking you; I'm just saying that if you dislike someone, someone else dislikes you. You'll have a much easier time if you just give up and accept that truth.

The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.